"Mud and chacha flow from the tap." The inhabitants of Korobchits, near Grodno, have lived with terrible water for several years.

For several years, the inhabitants of the village of Korobchitsy, near Grodno, complain about the quality of the water. They say that "slurry" and "chacha" flow from the tap. The problem is particularly acute in summer: people water the gardens, fill the pools. In the regional housing and communal services recognize: the de-ironing station, which is nearby, simply can not cope.

Korobchitsy consists of two parts – the cottage village and the "old" village. At all – some wells. In the village of old wells, for cottages – relatively new.

– Many years ago, several central wells were built to meet the needs of the cottage community. There is a local iron removal station. In theory, after that, water should arrive in homes clean and usable. In practice, not everything is. It turned out that his design ability – and this is in the official responses that were sent to us at our calls – does not match the actual water consumption in the area, "said one local resident. Yuri

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Sometimes the water in the faucets and disappears.

"Those who live near the wells may not have problems, but those who are further away or on the heights stay periodically without water," Yuri says.

For the last two years, the inhabitants of Korobchits have been in correspondence with the local authorities and have made requests to the housing and commune departments and then to the district executive committee. Now, they want to write to the control of the state.

– I survived last summer. In the cold period, the water was more or less normal. But here's another hot season – and the liquid and the chacha flowed again from the tap. We started writing letters to the authority again. They have prepared a collective appeal, say the locals.

– You can solve the problem. There are two ways. The first is to expand the existing de-boning station or link the village to the city's water supply system, as was formerly done in the Baranavichy microdistrict. In Czechoslovakia, it is close, there is a water intake of the city. This would eliminate the problem once and for all. But it is necessary to spend several kilometers of the pipeline, but there is no money for this job.

The housing and utilities departments of the Grodno region claim that they are trying to solve the problem by any means possible: experts have left, carried out investigations, optimized the way the system works. 39, village water supply, adjusted the operation of equipment. In October 2018, the de-ironing station was repaired and the filter elements were washed. After some sort of washed filters and plumbing.

"We are doing everything we can," they badured us in the regional public services.

In the Grodno region, the "Clean Water" investment program is implemented and includes a sub-program "Comfortable housing and a favorable environment". However, boxes are not included.

"There is also an investment program in the Grodno region, but in 2019, money for water supply facilities is provided solely for the construction of waterfalls." 39; water, "they say in the regional public services.

Thus, 9 million rubles of regional and republican budget budgets have been allocated equally to the construction of 46 stations in the region in 2019. In the Grodno district, the stations will be built in the urban areas of Putrishki, Svisloch Ratichi and the village of Zhytoml.
Next year, it is planned to build about 40 additional stations.